Scooter Libby is not on pardon list

[SharonRB]

According to Michael Isikoff on Hardball.

:woohoo:

[LSparkle]

1. Come on, Mike -- tell us who IS on the list!

[SharonRB]

6. There's a thread started in LBN

But the story linked doesn't name the people pardoned.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2661698

[rodeodance]

2. can someone be pardoned if not yet convicted? serious question.

[earthlover]

3. yes--Nixon was pardoned before he was convicted by Ford

[bobbolink]

12. Hi earthlover!

Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[SharonRB]

4. From what I understand, yes.

[grateful581]

5. ya think they are saving their pardons for next year?

Because if things go well, the whole entire bush crime family will need pardons

[SharonRB]

7. It would take the next president to pardon *

a la Ford and Nixon. Hopefully that will be a Democratic president who will let him take his punishment.

[grateful581]

10. I know * can't pardon himself

But I hope most of his administration has some indictments coming.

[oblivious]

8. He's not on my pardon list either.

[Joe Chi Minh]

9. You know, the way your presidents use the pardon power is nothing less

than a licence for unchecked criminality among his less savoury business supporters.

Little wonder that the pardoning of political supporters with deep pockets who commit serious crimes is a constant feature of the presidency and would arguably be the presidents' most coveted perk, since their very attainment of office might have depended on it.

They need to have limited budgets for their campaigning paid for from the public purse.

Of course, we have our "honours" system, which performs much the same function from the opposite direction: the tried and trusted demoting upstairs. Though it is not "de rigueur" for the PM's honoured minions to be felons (probably just helps).

[MrCoffee]

11. he can pardon him any time he feels like issuing it.

it's kind of obvious that he wouldn't be on the official annual pardon list. if it's going to happen, it'll happen on a rainy friday afternoon sometime.